[Alberta's Child]

Thanks for clarifying that — I stand corrected. I should have made a more general statement about how state officials are the only ones who can issue pardons and commutations for state crimes.

[Phlap]

Yes he can, Texas and any other state be dammed.

Presidential power to grant pardons, which is enumerated in Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, is nearly unlimited and cannot be checked by any other branch of government.

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